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that's the reason can you take -- you can look at the increase in taxes, obama care, red tape, all that. government needs to get out of the way and let people keep more of their money. >> all those companies all got sales boosts when we had a temporary sales tax cut recently. you can't, they're having less sales. no one likes taxes. at the end of the day this specific tax goes from your paycheck to florida to people who are retired so they can go to nordstrom's and walmart. if we would keep it inefficiently low, we would have to raise government taxes. >> when they cut the payroll tax, joe, that money went to gas instead because gas prices were so much higher. it was -- it didn't go to -- >> it was a boost to the economy. how do you -- >> it didn't go to nordstrom's. >> the payroll tax going in and checks going out to social security -- >> d.c.'s not going to take on social security. that's not going to happen. >> jon? >> what steve said is exactly right. the taxes in a healthy economy are not going to affect this but we had a housing boom that did help with this. this is not a healthy
that's the reason can you take -- you can look at the increase in taxes, obama care, red tape, all that. government needs to get out of the way and let people keep more of their money. >> all those companies all got sales boosts when we had a temporary sales tax cut recently. you can't, they're having less sales. no one likes taxes. at the end of the day this specific tax goes from your paycheck to florida to people who are retired so they can go to nordstrom's and walmart. if we would...
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kennedy your take particularly on president obama because he left me confused. great admiration. but as a president of you saying he is a failure? >> that would be overstating it. i always wish the person -- the president of the u.s. well. always wish the holder of that office as well for the country. but i think he has not been successful up to now. indeed if i may add a comment to your interesting discussion of the previous guest, i agree with both of you. it would not matter that much in one sense if the treasury was not buying -- the fed was not buying tickets unsold bonds, but if the u.s. government had to be paying interest rates, that would make a difference. that i think is the problem you're going to get. neil: of problem and our debt and our financial problems and where we stand now has said debtor country, talk about a fall from grace. >> well, look, for and a half years ago after two and a half -- turn in 32 years of american independence conduct a 7076 you had $10 trillion in debt. four and a half years later 17 trillion. you can't do this. as you said, up to half of
kennedy your take particularly on president obama because he left me confused. great admiration. but as a president of you saying he is a failure? >> that would be overstating it. i always wish the person -- the president of the u.s. well. always wish the holder of that office as well for the country. but i think he has not been successful up to now. indeed if i may add a comment to your interesting discussion of the previous guest, i agree with both of you. it would not matter that much...
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president obama hits the road this week starting in upstate new york. he'll take a bus tour through buffalo, syracuse and binghamton to discuss higher education.after new york, he hits scranton,pennsylvania. on the agenda: the importance of college education, and proposals to reduce the cost.critics say the rallies are making it harder to come to a fiscal deal with congress. the speeches come before an upcoming debate over the federal budget and the debt ceiling. boeing is said to be secretly testing a new way to build jets.the seattle times reports-- next month engineers will test advanced automation in building the soon to be launched 777x.automation could drastically reduce production time. friday-- the wall street journal reported.. boeing traced an electrical wiring problem in 3 dreamliners to a supplier.the issue was noticed during maintenance on 787's owned by japaneser airline ana holdings.a boeing official tells reporters it does not impact the jets performance. retailers are using new methods to revive sluggish back-to- school sales.the nation
president obama hits the road this week starting in upstate new york. he'll take a bus tour through buffalo, syracuse and binghamton to discuss higher education.after new york, he hits scranton,pennsylvania. on the agenda: the importance of college education, and proposals to reduce the cost.critics say the rallies are making it harder to come to a fiscal deal with congress. the speeches come before an upcoming debate over the federal budget and the debt ceiling. boeing is said to be secretly...
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president obama is vacationing this week in martha's vinyard, but before taking off friday, he held a news conference and talked a bit about the process of finding the next federal reserve chairman. mr. obama says he has a range of outstanding candidates, and confirmed that janet yellen and larry summers are both in the mix. "a critical part of the job is making sure we keep inflation in check, that monetary policy is sound, that the dollar is sound. those are all critical components of the job." the news conference followed a closed-door meeting on goverment surveillence. ceos from apple and at&t were among those who attended. the president is opening an investigation into nsa surveillance programs. the former jp morgan trader known as the "london whale" may be off the hook. reports say bruno iksil is not likely to face charges related to bad trading bets that racked up more than $6 billion in losses for jp morgan chase. iksil is called the london whale because he was based in jp morgan's london office and put on monster-sized trading positions. the justice deparmtment and sec are st
president obama is vacationing this week in martha's vinyard, but before taking off friday, he held a news conference and talked a bit about the process of finding the next federal reserve chairman. mr. obama says he has a range of outstanding candidates, and confirmed that janet yellen and larry summers are both in the mix. "a critical part of the job is making sure we keep inflation in check, that monetary policy is sound, that the dollar is sound. those are all critical components of...
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president obama most make clear his opposition to the egyptian military's conduct. he can do so by immediately suspending military aid, canceling joint military exercises scheduled for september. the president did just that. but aaron cohen says he needs to pull the money out now and you say, think long and hard about ever giving anymore more there for a while. that's the concern there now? would go to no good or what? >> my concern is that the 1.3 to $1.4 billion that we're going to be giving to egypt is going the egyptian military, and the egyptian military is trying to eradicate the muslim brotherhood, and the problem is no egyptian leaders have been able to eliminate the muslim brotherhood since 1928. that's going to force a vacuum, blood bath, which is exactly what the muslim brotherhood, which is essentially terrorist organization, want. they're ideology is hard wired to the point where, so be it, if the bloodshed is what will be, that's what it takes to rule, then that is what it's going to be and that's part of their ideology and what they're forcing the egy
president obama most make clear his opposition to the egyptian military's conduct. he can do so by immediately suspending military aid, canceling joint military exercises scheduled for september. the president did just that. but aaron cohen says he needs to pull the money out now and you say, think long and hard about ever giving anymore more there for a while. that's the concern there now? would go to no good or what? >> my concern is that the 1.3 to $1.4 billion that we're going to be...
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-16 deliveries in july as the streets of egypt heated up but with this week's blood bath, president obama cancelled a joint military exercise and defense sec tarpry chuck hagel warned the military that it's putting quote important elements of our long-standing defense corporation at risk. what does it mean to laquid? there is confusion. the sell of 20 planes is worth nearly $800 million and 14 have been delivered. the pentagon says only eight have been delivered and four are in limbo and the sale is worth twice what they say. regardless, for the last two quarters, laquid reported a drop in overall f-16 business as business shifts to the f-35. they believe the u.s. government may end up on the hook for the jets if they don't go to egypt as all foreign military sales have to be brokered by the pentagon. finding another buyer won't be difficult, the question is what price. >>> coming up, this month has not been kind to the overall market but one sector would love the dog days of august to go on forever. first, a check on today 's dow winners and losers. >>> there's news tonight in the seemin
-16 deliveries in july as the streets of egypt heated up but with this week's blood bath, president obama cancelled a joint military exercise and defense sec tarpry chuck hagel warned the military that it's putting quote important elements of our long-standing defense corporation at risk. what does it mean to laquid? there is confusion. the sell of 20 planes is worth nearly $800 million and 14 have been delivered. the pentagon says only eight have been delivered and four are in limbo and the...
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putin, the former kgb agent who was outfoxed and outplayed president obama at every turn, must be as happy as, well, a homosexual at a gay kiss-in. like the one staged in front of the russian parliament last week. it's clear the russian president is not intimidated by calls to cancel the games, not when nbc paid $775 million for the broadcast rights. not when he sized up the american president as a rookie at their first meeting. from the start, mr. obama has proasmed thapproached the formet union with detente, not the tough strategy of the bush era. it was time to reset u.s. foreign policy. the president announced he would not meet one on up wit one with mr. putin at next month's g-20 summit in st. petersburg, although he will attend. moreover, he said he is offended by the new law, saying if russia didn't have gay or lesbian athletes, that will probably make their team weaker. now, really, mr. president, must you grofl? in a dangerous time that called for principles and veterans of diploma see, we have suggested a dangerously clueless man who thinks the ingrais ingratiatinge can cal
putin, the former kgb agent who was outfoxed and outplayed president obama at every turn, must be as happy as, well, a homosexual at a gay kiss-in. like the one staged in front of the russian parliament last week. it's clear the russian president is not intimidated by calls to cancel the games, not when nbc paid $775 million for the broadcast rights. not when he sized up the american president as a rookie at their first meeting. from the start, mr. obama has proasmed thapproached the formet...
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president obama wants washington to run your health coverage. we wants patients and families and doctors to run your health care. >> sir, i think you're right with respect to this also being sort of the central battle for the next two election cycles. exactly what kind of a nation will we be. one with the individual boot straps and main street makes a decision or cede everything to the executive branch from main street's rights and that's where it feels like the battle lines are drawn. >> you're right. it's not just true in health care, it's true in the other arenas you've been talking about. who should run the show, should it be the dynamic of the market, economic freedom and individual opportunity and responsibility society or we're going to put washington in charge, the central government in charge of every aspect of our life. if we move in that direction, one can do that, nations have done that, but that doesn't result in more dreams being realized and the kind of vibrancy of an economy or the kind of health care that people want, that real
president obama wants washington to run your health coverage. we wants patients and families and doctors to run your health care. >> sir, i think you're right with respect to this also being sort of the central battle for the next two election cycles. exactly what kind of a nation will we be. one with the individual boot straps and main street makes a decision or cede everything to the executive branch from main street's rights and that's where it feels like the battle lines are drawn....
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obama may have said we need to make waves being anti-business. maybe approve keystone xl. it's easily sold by selling slots at reagan national. that's what they're going to do, and they will benefit from continuing capacity cuts. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> time to hit today's top trending trades on twitter. blackberry is a hot topic, the stock getting a boost building off the news they are exploring strategic alternatives to enhanced value, including a sale. >> how many times have they done this? they have a new management that's focused on really trying to right the ship, but they don't have the product portfolio. but to be honest with you, if activists are interested in dell as they were, or michael dell wanted to take that company private, why not lever this up? 50% of the market cap in cash, no debt, there's still 70 million active users here. there's probably something here. but in no news on the tape, this goes back to a large hat size. >> next, buy duke getting chat on twitter. it is an online chinese internet search engine. up more than 40% in the past month. >
obama may have said we need to make waves being anti-business. maybe approve keystone xl. it's easily sold by selling slots at reagan national. that's what they're going to do, and they will benefit from continuing capacity cuts. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> time to hit today's top trending trades on twitter. blackberry is a hot topic, the stock getting a boost building off the news they are exploring strategic alternatives to enhanced value, including a sale. >> how...
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president obama is scheduled to field housing questions with zil low ceo spencer rasscof. >> this is the most exciting stock. all of the traders are fix yated. i don't think you can buy it with a straight face. if you do get a blowoff on these earnings number maybe you're get a better crack at it lower. >> what's obama doing? like rich greenfield on the netflix call? i'm surprised. >> it's like a live chief of zillow is going to field questions and ask obama who is an expert on housing. >> moving on, finally fossil reporting earnings tomorrow as well. the stock was cut to an under weight from an equal weight at barkley's and reporting that it's going to revamp its watch line. >> that's the story. we get on analysts all the time. here's a guy that comes out ahead of earnings. it's brave on his part and downgrades the stock. i don't know if he's going to be right or not but it didn't matter. in terms of the stock, this stocks way too volatility. i'm not certain what's going to happen tomorrow, but unless you love playing in names that are just all over the map, stay away from fossil. >
president obama is scheduled to field housing questions with zil low ceo spencer rasscof. >> this is the most exciting stock. all of the traders are fix yated. i don't think you can buy it with a straight face. if you do get a blowoff on these earnings number maybe you're get a better crack at it lower. >> what's obama doing? like rich greenfield on the netflix call? i'm surprised. >> it's like a live chief of zillow is going to field questions and ask obama who is an expert...
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more and more business owners they say along with investors say that obama care is killing jobs. and wait until you hear the white house reaction. >>> and is this the call of duty economy. just how many hours young and not so young men are killing playinth
more and more business owners they say along with investors say that obama care is killing jobs. and wait until you hear the white house reaction. >>> and is this the call of duty economy. just how many hours young and not so young men are killing playinth
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obama is national security team is arguing to keep the surveillance powers intact. >> a man charged and the death of to san francisco jury store clerks and critically wounding the shot, has pleaded not guilty to murder and other felony charges. if this is video from the scene of the shooting on july 12th. the attack inside the sampras's go give center and jewelry marts was captured by store surveillance cameras. >> live pictures from a cleveland, ohio courtroom where ariel castro-- the man who held three women captive for a decade is to be sentenced this morning. castro could get up to life in prison plus a thousand years. he pleaded guilty last week to 937 counts including murder and kidnapping. before a judge delivers a sentence, castro expected to deliver a lengthy statement. prosecutors say one of the captives documented in her diary castro's years of sexual and physical abuse of the three women. prosecutors are expected to detail those accounts before >> the time is 6:08 a.m.. we >> the time is 6:08 a.m.. we will be right back. get on board for better sleep. >> the time is 6:08 a.m
obama is national security team is arguing to keep the surveillance powers intact. >> a man charged and the death of to san francisco jury store clerks and critically wounding the shot, has pleaded not guilty to murder and other felony charges. if this is video from the scene of the shooting on july 12th. the attack inside the sampras's go give center and jewelry marts was captured by store surveillance cameras. >> live pictures from a cleveland, ohio courtroom where ariel castro--...
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president obama calling for calm. trending downward, not just the market, but the president's approval rating on the economy flipping to 35% last month. seven percentage points lower than june. detroit emergency manager apologizing after calling some of the city residents those names. and the nfl hit with another concussion lawsuit. 83 former players led by pro-bowlers. they say they are suffering long-term effects from brain injuries sustained during their playing days. and we're watching the market this hour of "markets now." ♪ connell: those headlines show you there is a lot going on-9 today. we will get to the mess in egypt in just a moment, but first, our market today with the selloff, seeing the biggest decline in a couple of months. nicole petallides starts us off on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole: you are absolutely right. the lowest point, the biggest move to the downside since june 20. down about 1.5% right now. back on june 20 the dow dropped over 2%, this is the biggest moving percenta
president obama calling for calm. trending downward, not just the market, but the president's approval rating on the economy flipping to 35% last month. seven percentage points lower than june. detroit emergency manager apologizing after calling some of the city residents those names. and the nfl hit with another concussion lawsuit. 83 former players led by pro-bowlers. they say they are suffering long-term effects from brain injuries sustained during their playing days. and we're watching the...
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obama shot, or whatever happens, i think it was a few months ago, the market went down 145 points. >> right. >> it was an explosion in the white house. yeah, it was -- >> an explosion in the white house. >> an erroneous tweet that was -- >> the more intermediaries there are, the more chance the information gets perverted. >> you'll trust your investment decision somebody who's on twitter. that american may not be who they say they are. you're going to believe that? >> that's not true. >> you don't know. >> that's not true. he has a verified address. you know it's carl icahn. >> yeah, but -- well, i don't know you can defend all the time that you know the person who says they are is who they are. i think we all know that there's enough -- >> you're verified, maria. >> what? >> maria -- >> you're verified. i think there are three maria bartiromos on facebook. give me a break. >> ron insana is not -- mine's r. insana. >> i can't use mariabartiromo@gmail.com. some guys says he is. i have to use a different one. >> maria, let me make one other point. >> all right. final point right here. >
obama shot, or whatever happens, i think it was a few months ago, the market went down 145 points. >> right. >> it was an explosion in the white house. yeah, it was -- >> an explosion in the white house. >> an erroneous tweet that was -- >> the more intermediaries there are, the more chance the information gets perverted. >> you'll trust your investment decision somebody who's on twitter. that american may not be who they say they are. you're going to believe...
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president barack obama is weighing options. united nations secretary general ban ki moon is urging the president to wait on any possible military action until his team of inspectors issues their report. this is new video of that team leaving their hotel in damascus this morning. they have spent two days taking samples and interviewing survivors in the damascus suburbs where syrian activists say hundreds were killed in last week's attacks. they have not said if chemical weapons were used, but the president believes they were. "today in the bay's" danielle lee is live on capitol hill. >>. >> reporter: that is the big question. president obama says he hasn't made any official decisions just yet. that said, his administration is definitely making the case for an attack. they're saying they are certain the syrian government is responsible. they're also saying there needs to be international consequences. now, because of that he is going to be briefing members of congress, leaders in congress via teleconference today about the secret
president barack obama is weighing options. united nations secretary general ban ki moon is urging the president to wait on any possible military action until his team of inspectors issues their report. this is new video of that team leaving their hotel in damascus this morning. they have spent two days taking samples and interviewing survivors in the damascus suburbs where syrian activists say hundreds were killed in last week's attacks. they have not said if chemical weapons were used, but...
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all obama has the exact opposite. you have to do the exact opposite of what obama has done. connell: listen to monica crowley on some stations. charles payne is coming up. he will talk to you about harley-davidson. why haven't we done something about this? workers are getting ready to walk off the job. first, we mentioned oil a second ago. we will be right back on markets now. ♪ [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on hisortfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it's just common sense. a quarter million tweeters is beare tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot. and it's giving the internet the room it n
all obama has the exact opposite. you have to do the exact opposite of what obama has done. connell: listen to monica crowley on some stations. charles payne is coming up. he will talk to you about harley-davidson. why haven't we done something about this? workers are getting ready to walk off the job. first, we mentioned oil a second ago. we will be right back on markets now. ♪ [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire....
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cheryl: president obama is closely watching the situation. the suez canal is open and at this point unaffected by the unrest in egypt. i know we have oil inventories today. is there concern about what is happening in egypt? you have seen it pretty clearly. brent has really regained the momentum in recent weeks. the good news is from an oil trader standpoint, as long as it continues to be the case, we will probably not be a major spike. we could blow this market off the top. right now, the focus is on inventory. inventory is kind of a mixed bag. if you look at cushing, oklahoma , you can see that. cheryl: thank you so much. time for stocks now. keith bullets is with us. we are down about 80 points. >> really listening to what i am listening for. the one halt inside the federal reserve that is concerned about this inflationary cycles that we may be entering. we have to admit that despite the fundamental outlook that we see in the economy and company earnings, it is all about said speech. we will listen to the st. louis fed president. we will pr
cheryl: president obama is closely watching the situation. the suez canal is open and at this point unaffected by the unrest in egypt. i know we have oil inventories today. is there concern about what is happening in egypt? you have seen it pretty clearly. brent has really regained the momentum in recent weeks. the good news is from an oil trader standpoint, as long as it continues to be the case, we will probably not be a major spike. we could blow this market off the top. right now, the focus...
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the sequester was never undone as one more screw turning of the banks and obama wants one more round of tax increases. the federal reserve has to stay aaccommodated. there, republicans and democrats, bernanke keeps trying to offset in order to prevent a recession within a great recession. when the fed tightened as the congress and president tripped over each other to raise taxes and close the deficit. sound familiar? what do we do with this? good news and bad news for the bulls, mostly bad, which is why the market drifted lower after it rallied back. now that we've got the big bad piece of information, we can go back to picking stocks. second to bad news, we keep having fewer and fewer stocks to pick from. tough to buy the banks when the attorney general wants to take them on for the sins of the past. at this point, i think it's better never than late. but i get the blood loss. it's fine. you've got to think about the elections in 2014, don't you? otherwise it's a nightmare for the companies that we keep thinking need to lend more than they have. they're spending more on lawyers than
the sequester was never undone as one more screw turning of the banks and obama wants one more round of tax increases. the federal reserve has to stay aaccommodated. there, republicans and democrats, bernanke keeps trying to offset in order to prevent a recession within a great recession. when the fed tightened as the congress and president tripped over each other to raise taxes and close the deficit. sound familiar? what do we do with this? good news and bad news for the bulls, mostly bad,...
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that speculation is growing as president obama remains pretty coy about his decision. could there be a mystery candidate in the runing? hasn't been talked about? ashley: maybe. peter barnes joins us live from washington, d.c. with more. peter? >> ashley and liz, the president beginning this up on -- ginning this up on friday when he talked about the consideration of head nominees, potential nominees. he talked about of course larry summers his former economic visor and current vice chairman of the fed, janet yellen. he also said he was considering a couple of other candidates. sources have confirmed the president is also considering another former fed vice-chair, don kohn. who is the fourth candidate? the white house is not commenting on that. but former fed economist, roberto pelrli took a crack at it. he thinks roger ferguson, head of tiaa cref, could be a candidate. princeton professor align blinder, northerly former vice-chair. the vice chairs are all over the place could be in the mix with fed governor jeremy stein. perli thinks summers is the front-runner but lik
that speculation is growing as president obama remains pretty coy about his decision. could there be a mystery candidate in the runing? hasn't been talked about? ashley: maybe. peter barnes joins us live from washington, d.c. with more. peter? >> ashley and liz, the president beginning this up on -- ginning this up on friday when he talked about the consideration of head nominees, potential nominees. he talked about of course larry summers his former economic visor and current vice...
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the bill to cut the interest rates on new student loans now awaiting president obama's signature. the house approved the bill yesterday which reduces the rates for stafford loans at double july 1st. interest rates would be tied to the stock market. >>> another new venture for facebook. how about tv-style advertising. the social networking company planning to start selling 15-second video advertising spots on their site. that will happen later this year. a new report from bloomberg says the ads could rake in nearly $3 million per add every day. this comes on the heels of another revenue-boosting move by the company. just yesterday facebook announcing it is rolling out embedded posts. what does this mean? it means you can grab a code and then embed that content somewhere else on the worldwide web. speak of that, google apparently has open arms for new owners for google glass. you know how it works. you have to know the right people. a number of current owners telling the internet site marketing land, they have received invitations to share the glass with a friend. they can invite on
the bill to cut the interest rates on new student loans now awaiting president obama's signature. the house approved the bill yesterday which reduces the rates for stafford loans at double july 1st. interest rates would be tied to the stock market. >>> another new venture for facebook. how about tv-style advertising. the social networking company planning to start selling 15-second video advertising spots on their site. that will happen later this year. a new report from bloomberg says...
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. >> the obama administration announcing a full review of all u.s. surveillance programs many controversial programs were brought to light by nsa leaker edward snowden. security experts and former white house officials will report findings and offercommen the year. the announcement a day after nsa declassified three court opinions and it proves how the agency reports its own errors and is rebuked for them. the army private who looekd documents to wikileaks has been handed the stiffest punishment ever for leaking government secrets to the media. a military judge, fort mead, maryland, sentencing bradley manning to 35 years in prison. the 25-year-old told lawyers this is a stage. manning's lawyers say he will be eligible for parole in seven years. >> another military courtroom at fort hood, army psychologist on trial for killing 13 in a shooting rampage rested without mounting a defense. major nidal hasan never denied opening fire on fellow soldiers. when asked by the judge how he weshd to pre seed, hasan acting as his own attorney, answered the defense
. >> the obama administration announcing a full review of all u.s. surveillance programs many controversial programs were brought to light by nsa leaker edward snowden. security experts and former white house officials will report findings and offercommen the year. the announcement a day after nsa declassified three court opinions and it proves how the agency reports its own errors and is rebuked for them. the army private who looekd documents to wikileaks has been handed the stiffest...
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step-by-step approach and in the fall they will come up with their approach and hopefully president obama can sign it into law and we'll be positioned to win the global battle of talent and remain the best entrepreneurial nation. >> what category in startups do you think have the best potential? >> we invest in big ideas that are now little companies that some day could be big companies. like areas like education, done a number of investments recently in e-commerce which we think has a lot of different opportunities and the most recent opportunity e-commerce, giving the tools that big players like amazon had to tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of customers for products like that so there's all kinds of innovation all across the economy and revolution trying to pick a few that we believe in and believe in the entrepreneurs and not just wanting to invest and mentor them and build great companies and celebrating the work of everybody through the start-up america and the start-up weekend everything and to make sure we remain the most innovate of. some o
step-by-step approach and in the fall they will come up with their approach and hopefully president obama can sign it into law and we'll be positioned to win the global battle of talent and remain the best entrepreneurial nation. >> what category in startups do you think have the best potential? >> we invest in big ideas that are now little companies that some day could be big companies. like areas like education, done a number of investments recently in e-commerce which we think...
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what would you like to hear from president obama? >> well, let me first say thank you very much for the opportunity to be with you to discuss this. what we need to do, not only hearing from the president, but conducting a debate on the floor of congress as it relates to the use of military force. as you said, the violations of human rights, the use of chemical weapons, we need to condemn this unequivocally. there is no place for this type of action against humanity. these are crimes against humanity. we cannot, however, be drawn into a regional conflict, which could happen, and more lives could be taken. you know, so before any military action is conducted by the united states, we need to have a full congressional debate. the people in our country deserve to hear the facts. they deserve to know how their tax dollars are going to be used. they deserve to know what the fallout, the implications, the ramifications are of such strikes. and, in fact, i believe that we need to provide those alternatives. there's got to be a negotiated sett
what would you like to hear from president obama? >> well, let me first say thank you very much for the opportunity to be with you to discuss this. what we need to do, not only hearing from the president, but conducting a debate on the floor of congress as it relates to the use of military force. as you said, the violations of human rights, the use of chemical weapons, we need to condemn this unequivocally. there is no place for this type of action against humanity. these are crimes...
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obama care, affordable care. labor investment slowed and that stalled the recovery. i mean, it's classic just like the letter that keenes wrote to roosevelt in 1873. that clearly has had a big impact. >> so you're channelling kane for the first time in your life? >> no. >> never. i could do that, too. pick one thing that he said and say, see, he said that when everything else -- >> that's right. typically i would say a guy i'm not prone to quoting. >> you're quoting today. bruce, did -- any truth to that, do you think, or is this a much bigger ryan heart research? >> i'm going to say they're not. >> there was a piece of the study that was. obviously the depth and causes of the -- what do we call it, the great recession, that's why we have had such a technical recovery. what do you think, bruce? >> well, i think what's been going on in the last two or three years is we've had the public sector deleveraging all of this after having the private sector be the big source of weakness 2008 and 2010. don't lose sight of the global impact. i do think fiscal policy has a big r
obama care, affordable care. labor investment slowed and that stalled the recovery. i mean, it's classic just like the letter that keenes wrote to roosevelt in 1873. that clearly has had a big impact. >> so you're channelling kane for the first time in your life? >> no. >> never. i could do that, too. pick one thing that he said and say, see, he said that when everything else -- >> that's right. typically i would say a guy i'm not prone to quoting. >> you're...
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obama to punch back. senator john mccain said putin's move constituted a, quote, deliberate effort to embarrass the united states. adding, we cannot allow this action by putin to stand without serious repercussions. democrat chuck schumer urged the president to move the g-20 summit calling the situation a blow to u.s./russia relations. >> russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife. >> reporter: the g-20 summit in st. petersburg is say huge platform for russia. the 20 largest economies will be there. far too much business for the united states to skip that event it the planned putin/obama summit just before in moscow is probably not going to happen. >> major garrett, thanks. >>> surprising comments from secretary of state john kerry about drone strikes in pakistan. and this morning the state department may be trying to walk back those words. our margaret brennan is traveling with kerry. she filed this report from vienna. >> reporter: se
obama to punch back. senator john mccain said putin's move constituted a, quote, deliberate effort to embarrass the united states. adding, we cannot allow this action by putin to stand without serious repercussions. democrat chuck schumer urged the president to move the g-20 summit calling the situation a blow to u.s./russia relations. >> russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife. >> reporter: the g-20 summit in...
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. >>> i'm krystall ball, president obama does something no sitting president has ever done. the reaction is mixed. we'll tell you what we think about it. >> jfk's final days on earth. we uncover the good, the bad and some of the downright ugly. >>> we'll get to some of that plus the file straight out of hollywood. people are deciding the fate of whitey bulger and they're about to finish the job. that, my friends, was a mafia reference.
. >>> i'm krystall ball, president obama does something no sitting president has ever done. the reaction is mixed. we'll tell you what we think about it. >> jfk's final days on earth. we uncover the good, the bad and some of the downright ugly. >>> we'll get to some of that plus the file straight out of hollywood. people are deciding the fate of whitey bulger and they're about to finish the job. that, my friends, was a mafia reference.
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president obama's overturned a trade decision against apple last week. might he do the same for the korean firm samsung? we'll preview the latest legal milestone as the tech giants square off again. more on that coming up. plus, of course, our roundup of where we stand ahead of the u.s. trading session today with the dollar a little bit on its upward, five days of losses. plenty more to come on the next part of "worldwide exchange." [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ >>> strong industrial output, resilient retail sales in july. could this be the bottoming of china's growth slowdown? kpn soar to the top after carlos slim's america movil makes a bid for the dutch telecom group it doesn't already own. richard fisher in an exclusive interview on cnb
president obama's overturned a trade decision against apple last week. might he do the same for the korean firm samsung? we'll preview the latest legal milestone as the tech giants square off again. more on that coming up. plus, of course, our roundup of where we stand ahead of the u.s. trading session today with the dollar a little bit on its upward, five days of losses. plenty more to come on the next part of "worldwide exchange." [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car....
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but obama rewards -- he's loyal. i think summers has been -- summers was in a much more centrist administration and, you know, clinton. clinton had a good record. >> i feel bad over the whole debate. i think it minimized and belittelled both yellen's and summers qualifications. >> and twisted them into almost clic cliches. >> ridiculous. >> caricatures of who they are. right. >> i think both of them are incredibly qualified. i think both of them would do a very good job. i think summers has gotten a bum rap. he has people attacking him from all sides. ben white wrote the committee to save the world from larry summers, that cover story of the committee to save the world. >> and the people in the center and right are saying the idea that one is less keynesian than the other is not -- larry will be plenty accommodative. >> he's been much more publicly outspoken. >> about qe, not other ways to spend money. >> infrastructure, right. >> not going to sit there and say, wow, we need -- he's not an austerity guy. that's for s
but obama rewards -- he's loyal. i think summers has been -- summers was in a much more centrist administration and, you know, clinton. clinton had a good record. >> i feel bad over the whole debate. i think it minimized and belittelled both yellen's and summers qualifications. >> and twisted them into almost clic cliches. >> ridiculous. >> caricatures of who they are. right. >> i think both of them are incredibly qualified. i think both of them would do a very...
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. >>> i'm krystall ball, president obama does something no sitting president has ever done. the reaction is mixed. we'll tell you what we think about it. >> jfk's final days on earth. we uncover the good, the bad and some of the downright ugly. >>> we'll get to some of that plus the file straight out of hollywood. people are deciding the fate of whitey bulger and they're about to finish the job. that, my friends, was a mafia reference. >>> the untouch abls in minutes, hours, perhaps even days reputed boston mobster whitey bulger will learn if he is, in fact, untouchable. a jury is deliberating in a racket tearing trial against him. a judge reminded them they need to reach a unanimous verdict. a conviction could result in life behind bars. only has this trial lasted two months already but bulger was untouchable for almost 17 years after he fled boston in the mid '90s, it wasn't until 2011 and all the way in southern california when he was finally captured. now we wait for a new chapter to close in this mafia tale. where the truth is often stranger than fiction. we have
. >>> i'm krystall ball, president obama does something no sitting president has ever done. the reaction is mixed. we'll tell you what we think about it. >> jfk's final days on earth. we uncover the good, the bad and some of the downright ugly. >>> we'll get to some of that plus the file straight out of hollywood. people are deciding the fate of whitey bulger and they're about to finish the job. that, my friends, was a mafia reference. >>> the untouch abls in...
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the obama administration has to make obama care cool because they have to get the young people, specifically young men in their late 20s, to sign up. they need to get the healthy people into the so-called risk pool. if they don't, well, then the premiums are definitely going to go up because you have mostly sick people in these exchanges. they have to convince that population, that is, i think, the biggest struggle for them. if they're successful, this law is going to be probably successful. so they're going to try to entice those young people in, but, remember, the mandate penalty in the first year is less than $100. >> right. >> that's not much of a pemtyna to pay. >> here is what a lot of people need to know on wall street as well. it's to what extent is the gop going to use either the debt ceiling or the continuing res to try and stop obama care to tie t -- try to defund it or keep the program from moving forward? do people have to really take into account that this might happen or is this just rhetoric from the ted cruzs and some of the other gop officials out there? >> this is a proble
the obama administration has to make obama care cool because they have to get the young people, specifically young men in their late 20s, to sign up. they need to get the healthy people into the so-called risk pool. if they don't, well, then the premiums are definitely going to go up because you have mostly sick people in these exchanges. they have to convince that population, that is, i think, the biggest struggle for them. if they're successful, this law is going to be probably successful. so...
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trust us is not good enough. >> was president obama aware of this? was president bush aware of this? is this the one michael hayden depender that that -- >> by the power vested in me, we're going to have to step april side for just a moment and talk more about what's happening with the muslim march straight ahead. outrage after an islamic group plans a million muslim march on september 11th. who is the group, what do they want and why did they pick that day? >> and a whole new meaning to hitchhiki hitchhiking. two teens cruising down the highway on the back of a big rig. that is real what you're watching right there. get a skate board. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] it balances you... it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convennt two bar pack. this is nature valley. nature at its most delicious. at chico's we're famous for our so slimming jeans. ♪ now, meet our instantly slimming, secretly shaping dresses, skirts and pants. ♪ they slim, smooth, and shamelessly flatter, exactly where
trust us is not good enough. >> was president obama aware of this? was president bush aware of this? is this the one michael hayden depender that that -- >> by the power vested in me, we're going to have to step april side for just a moment and talk more about what's happening with the muslim march straight ahead. outrage after an islamic group plans a million muslim march on september 11th. who is the group, what do they want and why did they pick that day? >> and a whole new...
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john, there will be those who will have wanted more from president obama. okay, today he has interrupted his vacation to make a statement condemning violence, but still there's no sanction against the military authorities in cairo. what happens now do you think? >> we'll see how much the violence we saw yesterday continues or whether it doesn't. he will get krid simpcriticism cutting off military add. some of his past advisers had called for that step to be taken. but richard haas put out a tweet saying the president had done the right thing but not suspending aid. that the effect of his announcement of canceling the bright star exercises was to put the government on notice, the egyptian military on notice, that time is running out and gradually ramp up pressure with a possibility for more steps later. >> i guess it still leaves measures to be taken. john, we'll leave it there for the moment. thank you very much, john harwood there as the president speaks in martha's vineyard. >>> up next on the program, we are cutting our losses slightly, we're down 177 po
john, there will be those who will have wanted more from president obama. okay, today he has interrupted his vacation to make a statement condemning violence, but still there's no sanction against the military authorities in cairo. what happens now do you think? >> we'll see how much the violence we saw yesterday continues or whether it doesn't. he will get krid simpcriticism cutting off military add. some of his past advisers had called for that step to be taken. but richard haas put out...
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it can't just be against obama care. then you have to have a positive alternative and we haven't heard that. >> off al's point the timing works for obama here in that there's two showdowns, one over funding the government and the other over the debt ceiling. he would rather go off the cliff with respect to a government shutdown than a debt ceiling. if it comes down to calling someone's bluff my guess is the president would say fine, i'll let my bluff be called, shut down the government rather than let's default on our loans or default on our debt. >> they're both very dangerous tactics. >> but one is super dangerous and one is dangerous. and that would be the debt ceiling is super dangerous. >> super dangerous. >> let's move on to another bluff being called. >> sure. >> imagine a republican primary where rush limbaugh, sean hannity and mark levin run the debates. >> yes. >> if the rnc has its way it will become a reality. the conservative radio hosts are being looked at as the 2016 debate moderators. meanwhile the rnc is
it can't just be against obama care. then you have to have a positive alternative and we haven't heard that. >> off al's point the timing works for obama here in that there's two showdowns, one over funding the government and the other over the debt ceiling. he would rather go off the cliff with respect to a government shutdown than a debt ceiling. if it comes down to calling someone's bluff my guess is the president would say fine, i'll let my bluff be called, shut down the government...
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thanks very much for that, following again what's happening as obama carrolls out across the country. >>> our next startup is hoping to revolutionize the education system by taking graduate degrees digital. they're currently partner was universities like georgetown, berkeley, and usc. we have the ceo of the company and the former ceo of hooked on phonics. chip, thanks for joining us. >> i don't know if my plan was to follow gene simmons but i'm excited to talk about the world's best online education. >> maybe there's some parallels you can draw for us. in the meantime, i think the idea of getting a graduate degree online is starting to gain traction. what does your company do exactly to make that happen? >> quai quite simply, we partner with top universities to build the best online programs. unlike the massively open online courses, these are real students with real professors getting real degrees. there's no "e" or "i" on it and most importantly delivering a real outcome. >> explain, for example, the difference between what you facilitate as opposed to this georgia tech program whic
thanks very much for that, following again what's happening as obama carrolls out across the country. >>> our next startup is hoping to revolutionize the education system by taking graduate degrees digital. they're currently partner was universities like georgetown, berkeley, and usc. we have the ceo of the company and the former ceo of hooked on phonics. chip, thanks for joining us. >> i don't know if my plan was to follow gene simmons but i'm excited to talk about the world's...
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>>mark:president barack obama is inviting a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the white house today to discuss their concerns about the national security agency's surveillance programs. the top democrats and republicans on the house and senate intelligence panels will attend. the meeting comes as lawmakers concerned about privacy are pushing to rein in the n-s-a's authority. obama's national security team is arguing to keep its surveillance powers intact while acknowledging some limitations appear kitchenware. >>darya:dozens of gay couples are getting married in minneapolis as minnesota becomes the latest state to legalize same-sex marriage. (cheering) the law allowed weddings to begin just after midnight. and 42 couples were married by the mayor of minneapolis and several other county judges. midnight weddings were also planned at several other county courthouses around the state. as well as at the mall of america. a man is under arrest after a vicious attack on a woman in san francisco's castro district. police say christopher porter baily of oakland was arrested and accused of robbi
>>mark:president barack obama is inviting a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the white house today to discuss their concerns about the national security agency's surveillance programs. the top democrats and republicans on the house and senate intelligence panels will attend. the meeting comes as lawmakers concerned about privacy are pushing to rein in the n-s-a's authority. obama's national security team is arguing to keep its surveillance powers intact while acknowledging some...
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some of those lawmakers will be meeting with president obama. feinstein will be at the meeting. now, this comes after the "guardian" newspaper reported on an nsa program called xkeyscore. a journal says it allows the nsa to collect as much internet activity as it and then analyze it. he says that includes millions of personal e-mails and internet searches. the nsa tried assure lawmakers yesterday that only a tiny fraction of those records are ever viewed by nsa intelligence analysts. patrick leahy is the chairman of the committee. he questioned whether or not the patriot act allows this activity. >> based on a secret legal interpretation of this statute it does not appear to authorize this. what's gonna be next? >> reporter: we expect that same question to be asked at this afternoon's meeting between lawmakers and the president. the obama administration has said the surveillance programs are key to spot terrorists but that some changes could be coming. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news snool ahead of the nsa -- >>> a head of the nsa was heckled in las vegas
some of those lawmakers will be meeting with president obama. feinstein will be at the meeting. now, this comes after the "guardian" newspaper reported on an nsa program called xkeyscore. a journal says it allows the nsa to collect as much internet activity as it and then analyze it. he says that includes millions of personal e-mails and internet searches. the nsa tried assure lawmakers yesterday that only a tiny fraction of those records are ever viewed by nsa intelligence analysts....
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obama's national security team is arguing to keep its surveillance powers intact while acknowledging some limitations appear inevitable. we will be right back. get on board for better sleep. it's sleep train's interest-free for 3 event! get 3 years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster serta icomfort even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. you'll never find an interest rate lower than sleep train's interest-free for 3 event, on now! superior service best selection, lowest price guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ eat cake. good morning. welcome back to kron4 morning news. will skies sunshine no problem with visibility. a little something we won't see for quite awhile especially this morning. the pictures and up 44 napa in santa rosa. concord currently at 56 degrees. futurecast 4 tracks the temperatures by 12:00. a '60s inside the bay so pretty mild weather for hayward in downtown san francisco. concord affair filled warming into the '70s. temperatures today will still b
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i think the long-term is more important to president obama. who is the best person to be there if we lapse back into an economical phone. hh does not want a big international crisis. we want the city growth at home. that is what he is worried about here. tracy: who is that person then? is a decision he will have to make. maybe he thinks that larry summers is the guy. we will have to wait and see, obviously. he is making sure that the larry tracy: i bet you cannot believe how much time we are putting into the discussion of the next fed chair. >> it is always a big decision. i remember when president reagan picked alan greenspan for this job. there was always a lot of attention around it. it is a big choice. what is unusual is you have a lot of people from the air outside. tracy: thank you, sir. ashley: do you think your e-mail is private? if you use google's gmail service, you should not think that. gerri willis joins us with details like the company is making that disclaimer now. gerri: anything in your e-mail is subject to scrutiny. i think t
i think the long-term is more important to president obama. who is the best person to be there if we lapse back into an economical phone. hh does not want a big international crisis. we want the city growth at home. that is what he is worried about here. tracy: who is that person then? is a decision he will have to make. maybe he thinks that larry summers is the guy. we will have to wait and see, obviously. he is making sure that the larry tracy: i bet you cannot believe how much time we are...
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most specifically with obama care and i just wonder in particular, when you guys bought health spring a couple years ago the idea was to dramatically increase the medicare advantage base. now we know, of course, that what obama care would like to see happen is that there are fewer people relying on these plans, albeit, they just increase the rates for next year instead of lowering them. what's the future of medicare advantage and what does that mean for your company? >> today medicare advantage makes up about 25% of all medicare eligible population so it's significant. 14 million americans, they're highly satisfied. a little bit lower average income level, so highly price sensitive, and very engaged with their physicians. over time we think it's going to continue to be a robust market because it delivers outstanding value and great clinical quality and great service satisfaction. 2014 will be a bit of a disruptive year. we'll grow our customer base meaningfully in 2014. there will be some revenue pressure that goes along with that. when you put it into the context of cigna has a whole
most specifically with obama care and i just wonder in particular, when you guys bought health spring a couple years ago the idea was to dramatically increase the medicare advantage base. now we know, of course, that what obama care would like to see happen is that there are fewer people relying on these plans, albeit, they just increase the rates for next year instead of lowering them. what's the future of medicare advantage and what does that mean for your company? >> today medicare...
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that they've had a difficult time with their reputation for being obstinate as opposed to president obama. their reputation suffered in the 2011 debt crisis. they don't want to go through that again. so that's probably why we will avoid either a government shutdown or a debt default. >> we're back to reading some tea leaves definitely, john, ahead of those midterms. not too far away. thanks so much. our john harwood in washington. interesting point because it relates perfectly to the markets, to the economy, and to what the chairman says every time he's on the hill. >> he often blames congress and the fiscal drag for limiting growth right now in the economy, and what actually happens with the debt ceiling, what actually happens with the continuing resolution, we didn't think it would happen last time. you know, republicans, again, as john harwood just said, they don't want to go through it again, but it is still a significant risk to the economy and it's something the fed is considering as they decide when exactly to begin to pull back their stimulus. they don't want to have a situation w
that they've had a difficult time with their reputation for being obstinate as opposed to president obama. their reputation suffered in the 2011 debt crisis. they don't want to go through that again. so that's probably why we will avoid either a government shutdown or a debt default. >> we're back to reading some tea leaves definitely, john, ahead of those midterms. not too far away. thanks so much. our john harwood in washington. interesting point because it relates perfectly to the...
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president obama warning syria about crossing a red line. >> we have communicated in no uncertain terms with every player in region that is a red line for us. >> reporter: but two months ago when the white house said the was convinced assad carried out a small-scale chemical attack, the red line seemed to blur. little was done in response. what is not debatable is the human toll. i want to show you some images -- thousands of families streaming out of syria, escaping the bloodshed. among them a child who will become the one millionth young syrian to flee. a sad milestone. martha raddatz, abc news, cairo. >>> and there are new worries in egypt this morning. now that former president hosni mubarak is state be released after two years. the 885-year-old former leader is to be held under house arrest. many fear his release and last week's government crackdown may signal a return to the old regime. >>> back here at home, some breaking news from san diego where bob filner reached tentative settlement with a former aide who accused him of sexual harassment and unwanted sexual advances. no word
president obama warning syria about crossing a red line. >> we have communicated in no uncertain terms with every player in region that is a red line for us. >> reporter: but two months ago when the white house said the was convinced assad carried out a small-scale chemical attack, the red line seemed to blur. little was done in response. what is not debatable is the human toll. i want to show you some images -- thousands of families streaming out of syria, escaping the bloodshed....
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president obama who ran for office on ending the iraq and afghanistan wars now admits he's on the verge of ordering a u.s. military strike against syria because of the assad regime's use of chemical weapons. >> i have no interest in any kind of open-ended conflict in syria, but we do have to make sure that when countries break international norms on weapons like chemical weapons that could threaten us that they are held accountable. >> reporter: in that interview with pbs, the president argued that because the assad regime has ties to terrorist organizations, u.s. national security is at stake. >> there is a prospect, a possibility in which chemical weapons that can have devastating effects could be directed at us. >> reporter: as the new cover of "time" out this morning demonstrates, this is a decision the commander in chief of a war-weary nation enters reluctantly. and he's not alone. a growing number of members of congress on both sides of the aisle are calling for a vote to authorize a u.s. attack. republican house speaker john boehner has penned a letter to the president filled wit
president obama who ran for office on ending the iraq and afghanistan wars now admits he's on the verge of ordering a u.s. military strike against syria because of the assad regime's use of chemical weapons. >> i have no interest in any kind of open-ended conflict in syria, but we do have to make sure that when countries break international norms on weapons like chemical weapons that could threaten us that they are held accountable. >> reporter: in that interview with pbs, the...